Saturday March 31 1945
ALAMOSA
Cumbres no new snow, 80” on ground
No. 115 with engine 476
Conductor Moore
Engineer Baskett (to Chama)
Fireman Nissen
Depart Alamosa 7:10 AM with 5 cars
Arrive Cumbres 10:27 AM
Depart Cumbres 10:30 AM
Arrive Chama 11:10 AM
Depart Chama 11:15 (engineer Brice)
Arrive Durango 4:05 PM
No. 116 with engine 478
Conductor Roberts
Engineer Katschenthaler (to Chama)
Depart Durango 11:15 AM with 5 cars
Arrive Chama 4:00 PM
Depart Chama 4:05 PM
Arrive Cumbres 5:03 PM
Depart Cumbres 5:05 PM
Big Horn 6:35 PM
Arrive Alamosa 8:30 PM
Chama extra 483 east, with spreader (number not shown)
Conductor Ashbrook
Engineer A S Johnson
Depart Chama 7:45 AM (after extra 482 west of Mar 30 arrive)
Arrive Cumbres 9:00 AM, 9:00 AM to 1:45 PM spread snow from Cumbres to Los Pinos. (location of meet with No. 115 not shown)
Los Pinos 1:45 PM to 5:00 PM spread snow (not shown where snow work stopped, also not shown where No. 116 went by)
Big Horn 6:44 PM
Arrive Alamosa 8:50 PM
Chama extra 489 west
Conductor Murray
Engineer Dieckman
Depart Chama 9:05 AM with 17 loads 5 empties
Monero 15 minutes filling cistern and switching
Lumberton 5 minutes filling cistern
Allison 10 minutes No. 116
Ignacio 15 minutes unload stock and pick up
Florida 10 minutes set out
Arrive Durango 3:50 PM with 14 loads 4 empties
Chama extra 484 west, light engine
Engineer Squires
Depart Chama 10:15 AM
Meet with No. 116 not shown
Arrive Durango 3:55 PM
1st Chama Cumbres turn with engines 488 and 473
Conductor Young
Engine 488 Hurley
Engine 473 Tozer
Depart Chama 5:20 PM with 11 loads 1 empty
Arrive Cumbres 7:10 PM
Engine 488 depart Cumbres 7:25 PM with caboose for Chama
Engine 473 depart Cumbres 7:35 PM light for Chama
2nd Chama Cumbres turn with engines 485 and 482
Conductor Young
Engine 485 Hurley
Engine 482 Tozer
Depart Chama 9:30 PM with 16 loads 1 empty
Arrive Cumbres 11:15 PM
Engine 485 depart Cumbres 11:30 PM with caboose for Chama
Engine 482 depart Cumbres 11:35 PM light for Chama
SALIDA
Gunnison extra 499 east with helper engine 495
Conductor Carlin
Engine 499 C Wilson
Engine 495 W Wilson
Depart Gunnison 11:15 AM with 44 loads 1 empty
Arrive Sargent 12:45 PM, 15 minutes set out 32 loads, 20 minutes coal & water, eating
2 Sargent hill turns with engines 497 and 494
Conductor Trevarthen
Engine 497 Fitzsimmons
Engine 494 Frantz
1st turn depart Sargent 1:10 PM with 12 loads 1 empty
Arrive Marshall Pass 2:30 PM
Extra 499 east, with helper engine 495, depart Sargent 1:20 PM with 12 loads 1 empty
Arrive Marshall Pass 2:35 PM
Engine 494 (from hill turn) depart Marshall Pass 2:45 PM light for Sargent
Engine 497 (from hill turn) depart Marshall Pass 2:50 PM with caboose for Sargent
Engine 495 (from extra east) depart Marshall Pass 2:50 PM light for Salida
Extra 499 east depart Marshall Pass 3:40 PM with 31 loads 1 empty
Mears Jct 5 minutes set out 1 valley load
Arrive Salida 6:00 PM with 30 loads 1 empty
Handled 2 passengers Marshall Pass to Salida
2nd hill turn depart Sargent 4:25 PM with 12 loads 1 empty
Marshall Pass arrival and departure times not shown, operator off duty, rode extra 499 east to Salida
Engine 494 light arrive Sargent 7:00 PM
Engine 497 with caboose arrive Sargent 7:45 PM
Salida extra 493 west, valley line
Conductor Wright
Engineer Cullinan
Depart Salida 1:20 PM with 4 loads 1 empty (4 cars cinders)
Arrive Poncha Pass 2:35 PM, 10 minutes pick up
Depart Poncha Pass 2:45 PM
MP 237 ½ 35 minutes unloading cinders
Villa Grove 20 minutes coal & water and set out
Mineral Hot Springs 5 minutes set out
Moffat 15 minutes set out
Hooper 15 minutes set out and pick up
Arrive Alamosa 8:10 PM with 12 loads 3 empties
DURANGO
Silverton branch with engine 453 (train No. 461 west bound, No. 462 east bound)
Conductor Knight
Engineer Connor
Depart Durango 9:15 AM with 7 loads 4 empties
Hermosa 10 minutes mdse
Teft 10 minutes mdse
Arrive Silverton 12:50 PM, 25 minutes lunch, 55 minutes mdse and switching
Depart Silverton 2:10 PM with 7 loads 3 empties
6 concentrates Leadville
Coach
2 empty coal
Caboose
Arrive Durango 5:35 PM
Gunnison switch engine 340 with foreman Winters engineer H Gates
Montrose switch engine 456 with conductor Gribben engineer Price
Durango switch engine 315 with foreman P V Murray engineer Cummins
For the time being this will be the last day of daily posting, perhaps at some point more daily posting could be offered. Researching for this has been informative, rewarding and enjoyable.
A few train operations that took place during April 1945:
April 4, 1945
Cumbres 6” new snow, 70” on ground
Chama extra east with engines 483 and 485, Big Horn turn with flanger
OJ OF (edit 3-31-10)
Conductor Timmons
Engine 483 Holly
Engine 485 A S Johnson
Decided to flange Cumbures to Big Horn in order to get No. 115 through, account storm
Depart Chama 5:05 AM, flanger
OJ OF, caboose 04343
Arrive Big Horn 7:55 AM, to 8:20 AM turn engines and flanger and get orders
Arrive Cumbres 10:05 AM, to 10:12 AM getting orders
Arrive Chama 11:10 AM
No. 115 arrive Chama 11:20 AM
April 7, 1945
Gunnison Cerro Summit turn with engine 361
Conductor Purciel
Engineer Braswell
Depart Gunnison 8:30 AM, included in consist dead engine 454
At Cerro Summit, Montrose Cerro Summit turn with engine 456, takes dead engine 454 to Montrose
April 17, 1945
Engine 375 makes break in run Alamosa - Antonito- Alamosa with engineer Nissen
Also, by this date Sargent helpers had been eliminated
April 24, 1945
Engine 454 used as Montrose switcher, first use since arriving April 7.
April 24 - 25 1945 engine 452 moved to Alamosa shops from Durango
April 24
Durango extra 452 east, light engine
Engineer Connor
Depart Durango 4:10 PM
Arrive Chama 12:10 AM (Apr 25)
April 25, 1945
Cumbres 12” new snow
Chama extra 452 east, move rotary to Alamosa shops (should be the OM)
Conductor Roberts
Engineer Kearns
Depart Chama 12:25 PM with 2 empties
Arrive Cumbres 2:00 PM, 15 minutes turn and get rotary behind
Depart Cumbres 2:15 PM
Arrive Alamosa 7:40 PM
(apparently pushed rotary to Cumbres, rotary was not working)
Jimmy
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/31/2010 10:34PM by Jimmy Blouch.
